Improvement in sad-iron heaters



HAGERTY Sad-Iron Heater Patented Dec. 10,1872-.

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Hawa i L UNIT D STATES PATENT OrrrcE.

THOMAS HAGEBTY, OF RIOHMOgD, VIRGINIA.

IMPROVEMENT m sma-lnon HEATERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 133,852, dated December10, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS HAGERTY, of Richmond, in the county ofHenrico and State of Virginia, have invented a new and ImprovedSad-Iron; and I do hereby declare the followin g to be a full, clear,and exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing forming part of this specification, in which-Figure 1 is a perspective view of a sad-iron constructed in accordancewith my invention; Fig. 2, a longitudinal section of the same inposition for heating; and .Fig. 3 is a similar view of a modification.

Similar letters of reference in the accompaing drawing indicate likeparts.

My invention has for its object to provide an'improved sad-iron for theuse of travelers and others, particularly in vhotels andboarding-houses, which can be heated upon an ordi nary gas-burner. Tothis end the invention consists in constructing the iron with aperforated cap and shield, supporting a handle, which is adapted to fitupon a gas-burner so that the jet of gasshall be directedwithin theshield against the top of the iron, as I will now proceed to describe.

In the drawing, A is the sad-iron, preferably made small in size, and Bis the shield, secured to its upper surface by screws 0, or otherconvenient means. The sides and ends of the shield are turned down so asto form flanges,

' the edges of which are perforated or serrated,

as shown at d, Fig. 1. The flanges of the shield are lined upon theinside with the perforated metal .linin g E, secured to the iron orshield, sheet metal being preferably employed. By this construction aheating chamber is formed upon the iron, for a purpose to be presentlydescribed. F'is the handle, which I prefer to make of wood, secured tothe top of the shield or iron, and provided with a central ver ticalopening, H, to fit over an ordinary gasburner, G, in the position shownin Figs. 2 and 3. In Figs. 1 and 2 the shield is shown with a centralopening, I, into which the end of the gas-burner enters,'and in Fig. 3 acentral tube notches d in the shield permit the gas to pass to the edgesof the iron in small jets to heat the same, while they also retard, to acertain degree, the escape of such flames.

Combustion is supported by the admission of oxygen through perforationsj around the burner, as in Fig. 2, or in the central tube, as in Fig. 3.

By this construction a heating-chamber is formed upon the iron, whichheating-chamber also acts as a combustion-chamber, and prevents theescape of smoke to the smoothingface of the iron. 7

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is- 1. Incombination with the sad-iron, the shield with its central aperture ortube and the perforated lining, substantially as described, for thepurpose specified.

2. In combination with the sad-iron,the perforated or notched shield B,perforated lining E, and perforated handle F, substantially asdescribed, for the purpose specified.

THOMAS HAGERTY.

Witnesses:

N. K. ELLswonTH, E. A. ELLSWORTH.

